A local child advocacy organization is lobbying to improve how authorities interview child victims of sexual assault.
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An armed suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting Sunday night.
Record-setting rainfall made navigating Las Vegas highways a nightmare for drivers braving slick roads Sunday.
A tree trimmer died Sunday afternoon after he was trapped in a palm tree in North Las Vegas, according to the fire department.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee’s chief of staff recently said a big victory for the mayor would be announced soon: Attaching his city’s name to one of the College of Southern Nevada campuses. But the people who are in charge of that decision say there isn’t a plan to change the college’s name.
Cmdr. David Cummings said the trailer was going to be used to transport mountain bikes and was donated to the search and rescue squad by a resident who lived in the area.
For more than 30 years now, a North Las Vegas auto body shop has housed the full-scale model of a giant, angry-looking elephant at the corner of its yard on the west side of Interstate 15 north of Carey Avenue. Both the business and its unofficial mascot are still going strong.
An NHP trooper was in his car on the right shoulder of southbound U.S. 95, south of Eastern Avenue, when it was struck from behind by a gray 4-door sedan, said NHP Trooper Chelsea Stuenkel.
The city of Las Vegas plans to spend about $900,000 to design a bridge over the railroad tracks between Main Street and Symphony Park, the 61-acre former railroad yard often called the heart of Las Vegas’ downtown redevelopment efforts.
The first call came in shortly after 10 a.m. to the 5100 block of Tropicana Avenue, Metro Lt. John Liberty said.
The two-vehicle crash was reported on Sahara Avenue and Carillo Street, west of South Nellis Boulevard about 4:30 a.m, Metro Lt. John Liberty said.
Firefighters were called to a home near Alta and Durango drives about 1:30 a.m., fire department spokesman Tim Szymanski said in a release.
A woman remained at University Medical Center in critical condition and 31-year-old Daniel Cronin was arrested on multiple charges including felony DUI, police said.
A car crashed into a Las Vegas bus stop and sent five people to the hospital Saturday night, Metro police said.
One person was dead and two others were hospitalized after an early Saturday morning car crash in North Las Vegas, police said.